I was in my mid to early teens and Minecraft wasn’t out fully yet. It was a holiday season get together with family, my family flew across the country to spend time with them. My cousin, my older brother, and myself were all playing together when I accidentally broke a block underneath an anvil for the first time and learned they could fall. This was on a platform pretty high in the sky so I assumed it would be no big deal. I let out a muted “oh.” of mild surprise at my discovery, then a few seconds later heard my cousin the the other room roar “WHAAAAAT?!”.

A small message popped up on my screen: “James was squashed by a falling anvil.”

Funny to think so such a small thing ended up becoming the inspiration for my go to username from then on.